EP0750441B1 - Mobiles kommunikationssystem mit einer mehrzahl von sprachkodierungsschemen - Google Patents

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EP0750441B1
EP0750441B1 EP96900186A EP96900186A EP0750441B1 EP 0750441 B1 EP0750441 B1 EP 0750441B1 EP 96900186 A EP96900186 A EP 96900186A EP 96900186 A EP96900186 A EP 96900186A EP 0750441 B1 EP0750441 B1 EP 0750441B1
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Noriya Nakaima
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  • This invention can be utilized for car phone or portable phone services, and for digital mobile communication systems. It can be utilized for mobile communication networks in which there are a plurality of speech coding schemes, and it relates in particular to the techniques employed by control stations for setting and controlling traffic channels (which may include wire links and radio channels).
  • VSELP Vector Sum Excited Linear Prediction
  • PDC Personal Digital Cellular Telecommunication System RCR Standard 27
  • VSELP Vector Sum Excited Linear Prediction
  • a plurality of speech coding schemes might be adopted in the future, it is possible that one and the same mobile communication system will have some mobile stations which can select a speech coding scheme from among a plurality of such schemes, and some which can only use a certain specific scheme. It is also possible that one and the same mobile communication system will have some base stations which can handle a plurality of speech coding schemes, and some which can only handle a certain specific scheme.
  • FIG.1 shows the overall configuration of a digital mobile communication system which employs a plurality of speech coding schemes.
  • Mobile station 11 is located in radio zone 1 of base station 21 which supports bit rate ⁇ corresponding to speech coding scheme A and bit rate ⁇ corresponding to speech coding scheme B , and base station 21 is served by switch 41.
  • Mobile station 12 is located in radio zone 2 of base station 22 which supports bit rate ⁇ corresponding to speech coding scheme B , and base station 22 is served by switch 42. Switches 41 and 42 are in turn served by an upper node. It is assumed that mobile station 11 has codec a for speech coding scheme A and codec b for speech coding scheme B , and that mobile station 12 has only codec b for speech coding scheme B .
  • a conventional method for matching speech coding schemes is as follows (see Jap. Unexamined Pat. No. 6-6295 ).
  • mobile station 11 wants to communicate with mobile station 12
  • information relating to the speech coding schemes of mobile station 11 and mobile station 12 is acquired by switch 41 from database 51 in which subscriber-related information is stored. This is done on the basis of the subscriber number of called mobile station 12 and the calling subscriber number, which are contained in the SETUP request signal received from calling mobile station 11.
  • mobile stations 11 and 12 will then be notified of speech coding scheme B which can be set up at both these mobile stations, whereupon a speech channel is set up.
  • Switch 41 sets up a traffic channel to calling mobile station 11 from which there was a SETUP request, this traffic channel being set up for use by speech coding scheme A having a high preassigned priority.
  • Switch 42 is notified by switch 41 of this speech coding scheme A and attempts to set up a traffic channel to called mobile station 12 for use by this speech coding scheme A .
  • switch 41 on the originating side is notified of the fact that a traffic channel to mobile station 12 has been set up for use by speech coding scheme B , whereupon speech coding scheme A of mobile station 11 is changed to speech coding scheme B .
  • traffic channels will be set in accordance with a prearranged order of priority of these speech coding schemes.
  • traffic channel selection is performed by a control station, and once a selection has been made it is impossible to change over to another traffic channel until the setting of the selected channel has been completed.
  • control station is notified of the result of the selection decided by the switch, it is not notified of the prearranged order of priority of the speech coding schemes and other selection conditions, and therefore the decision as regards which speech coding scheme to select cannot be made at the control station.
  • a mobile station has a function whereby it uses a control channel to measure, during standby, the received signal level in the control channel of the radio zone in which it is located, and the received signal level in the control channels of a plurality of radio zones surrounding the radio zone in which it is located, said radio zones being specified from the control station by way of the control channel. Then, when it makes a SETUP request, the mobile station informs the control station of (a) the plurality of control channel numbers of the surrounding radio zones, and (b) the received signal levels of these control channels, this data being sent in pairs.
  • a control station has a peripheral zone selection function which operates as follows.
  • the control station When the control station receives a SETUP request from a mobile station, it stores the plurality of pairs of control channel numbers and received signal levels that are contained within the SETUP request. Then, if it has been impossible for a traffic channel to be selected in the radio zone in which the mobile station is located, the control station deduces, from the stored received signal levels which exceed a preset threshold beyond which selection is possible, and their paired control channel numbers, which surrounding radio zones may serve as peripheral radio zone candidates. This deduction is based on the relation between the preassigned control channel numbers and the peripheral radio zones. The control station then ranks these in order of increasing received signal level and uses them as candidate radio zones. Finally, it assigns a candidate radio zone if it has a free traffic channel.
  • control station X which controls the peripheral radio zone in which channel selection is possible is different from control station Y which controls the radio zone in which the SETUP request of the mobile station is received
  • control station Y must ask control station X to select a traffic channel. Control station Y must then transfer to control station X the order of priority and other selection conditions relating to the speech coding schemes.
  • a control station also has a handover function whereby the traffic channel in use is changed over to a better quality traffic channel when a decrease in the quality of service obtained by an active mobile station is detected in the radio zone controlled by that control station, or when an active mobile station has moved to another radio zone. Under these circumstances as well, just as in the case of the peripheral zone selection function described above, transfer of selection conditions between control stations is required.
  • the setup of a traffic channel at the beginning of a call is carried out by a control station in accordance with an instruction from a switch, and involves the control station informing the switch of the results of this setup. It follows that when a control station receives a traffic channel setup instruction from a switch, it must temporarily store information relating to the selection conditions. Furthermore, as regards implementing the peripheral zone selection function and the handover function, it is essential for the control stations to temporarily store the selection conditions involved and for this selection information to be transferred between control stations.
  • the other network to which a connection may be made from a mobile station may be the ordinary public switched telephone network or another mobile communication system.
  • the speech signal is communicated after converting it from the speech coding scheme characteristic of the mobile communication system to, for example, 64 kbps.
  • the speech signal will be transmitted after converting it from the speech coding scheme characteristic of the mobile communication system to 64 kbps, and sometimes the connection will involve matching to the same speech coding scheme. Careful thought must therefore also be given to the best method for utilizing speech coding schemes when making multistage connections, as when a speech signal is transmitted after being converted to 64 kbps.
  • This invention has been devised in the light of this technical background and its objects are to provide a mobile communication system wherein: it is possible to communicate on the basis of an optimum speech coding scheme which is matched to the speech coding schemes provided by the radio zones and the speech coding capability of the mobile stations; setup of traffic channels can be carried out smoothly; an optimum speech coding scheme can be selected on the basis of a control station decision; and within a given network, communication is possible on the basis of the optimum speech coding scheme provided by the radio zones and the optimum speech coding scheme matched to the speech coding capability of the mobile stations, irrespective of the nature of the connections between communication terminals.
  • this invention a mobile communication system comprising:
  • control stations have: a table which temporarily stores, over the interval from connection until release, conditions relating to the speech coding schemes of two connected mobile stations; a means which selects the type of speech coding scheme on the basis of the content stored in this table; and a means which, when at least one of the aforementioned two mobile stations has been connected to another base station, transfers the aforementioned connection conditions to the control station pertaining to the aforementioned other base station.
  • some may have equipment capable of handling a single type of speech coding scheme, and some may have equipment capable of adaptively handling two or more different types of speech coding scheme.
  • an order of priority is desirable for an order of priority to be set in advance for the speech coding schemes which this latter equipment can use. It is then desirable for the speech coding scheme in use to be changed in accordance with this order of priority when an aforementioned mobile station fitted with equipment capable of adaptively handling two or more different types of speech coding scheme has moved, during a call, from the radio zone of a base station fitted with equipment capable of handling a single type of speech coding scheme, to the radio zone of a base station fitted with equipment capable of adaptively handling two or more different types of speech coding scheme.
  • an aforementioned mobile station fitted with equipment capable of adaptively handling two or more different types of speech coding scheme accesses the control channel of a base station fitted with equipment capable of handling a single type of speech coding scheme, and communicates by means of a traffic channel of a base station fitted with equipment capable of adaptively handling two or more different types of speech coding scheme, it is desirable for the speech coding scheme that is used to be set in accordance with the aforementioned order of priority.
  • An aforementioned switch may include a means which refers to this database when a connection is to be established, and a means which transfers information recorded in this database to an aforementioned control station.
  • the aforementioned control stations may have a means which records the transferred information in the aforementioned table.
  • An aforementioned switch may include a means which, when a connection is to be established, finds out which speech coding schemes the two mobile stations to be connected can handle. This is done via the channel used for the connection control, and by means of information from these mobile stations.
  • selection conditions relating to the speech coding schemes of two connected mobile stations are temporarily stored over the interval from connection until release.
  • the type of speech coding scheme is selected on the basis of this stored content.
  • the traffic channel selection condition specified by the switch on the basis of the speech coding capabilities of the mobile station that made the SETUP request and the mobile station to which the connection is made, is stored in the control station, which grasps which speech coding scheme is currently being used in the radio zone which it controls.
  • an optimum speech coding scheme can be selected by mutually transferring selection conditions between the control stations that control the radio zones involved.
  • An order of priority is set in advance for the speech coding schemes which this latter equipment can use.
  • the speech coding scheme in use can be changed in accordance with the aforementioned order of priority when this mobile station fitted with equipment capable of adaptively handling two or more different types of speech coding scheme has moved, during a call, from the radio zone of a base station fitted with equipment capable of handling a single type of speech coding scheme, to the radio zone of a base station fitted with equipment capable of adaptively handling two or more different types of speech coding scheme.
  • this mobile station fitted with equipment capable of adaptively handling two or more different types of speech coding scheme accesses the control channel of a base station fitted with equipment capable of handling a single type of speech coding scheme, and communicates by means of a traffic channel of a base station fitted with equipment capable of adaptively handling two or more different types of speech coding scheme
  • the speech coding scheme that is used can be set in accordance with the aforementioned order of priority.
  • the switch can refer to this database and retrieve the selection condition for the optimum speech coding scheme.
  • the switch can still find out which speech coding schemes the two mobile stations to be connected can handle. This is done via the channel used for the connection control, and by means of information from these mobile stations.
  • the foregoing is likewise applicable to the case where the party called by a mobile station is a terminal belonging to another communication network connected via an upper node.
  • the mobile station is connected to another communication network which converts to 64 kbps, for example, it is not necessary to match speech coding schemes, and the mobile station of the originating network can select a speech coding scheme in accordance with the order of priority, irrespective of the speech coding scheme of the terminal of the aforementioned other network.
  • the mobile station of the originating network When a mobile station of the originating network, said mobile station being fitted with equipment which can adaptively handle two or more different types of speech coding scheme, has moved, during a call to a terminal of the aforementioned other network, from a radio zone of a base station fitted with equipment capable of handling a single type of speech coding scheme, to a radio zone of a base station fitted with equipment capable of adaptively handling two or more different types of speech coding scheme, the mobile station of the originating network can change the speech coding scheme which it uses, in accordance with the aforementioned order of priority, irrespective of the speech coding scheme being used by the terminal belonging to the other network.
  • a mobile station can always communicate using an optimum speech coding scheme, irrespective of the nature of the connection between terminals, i.e., irrespective of whether it is a connection within a mobile communication system or between a mobile communication system and another communication network.
  • this invention makes it possible to select an optimum speech coding scheme on the basis of a control station decision. This makes it possible to set up traffic channels smoothly, and for communication to be carried out using an optimum speech coding scheme that is matched to the speech coding schemes provided by the radio zones and the speech coding capability of the mobile stations.
  • FIG.1 shows the overall configuration of a mobile communication system
  • FIG.2 is a block diagram of a control station according to an embodiment of this invention.
  • This invention is the mobile communication system shown in FIG.1 .
  • it is a mobile communication system which has: mobile stations 11-13; base stations 21-24 connected to these mobile stations 11-13 by radio channels; switches 41 and 42 which switch and connect transmission routes between two of mobile stations 11-13 which are respectively connected to two of base stations 21-24; and control stations 31-34 which set and control the connection conditions of base stations 21-24; and in which some of mobile stations 11-13 have equipment which can handle one type of speech coding scheme A or B , and some have equipment which can adaptively handle different types of speech coding scheme A and B .
  • control stations 31-34 have: selection conditions table 80 shown in FIG.2 which temporarily stores, over the interval from connection until release, conditions relating to speech coding schemes A and/or B of two of connected mobile stations 11-13; and channel selection and control part 81 which serves as a means for selecting the type of speech coding scheme on the basis of the content stored in this selection conditions table 80, and also as a means which, when at least one of two active mobile stations among mobile stations 11-13 has moved to a radio zone 1-4 of another base station 21-24, transfers the aforementioned connection conditions to a control station 31-34 pertaining to the aforementioned other base station 21-24.
  • Some of base stations 21-24 have equipment which can handle one type of speech coding scheme A or B , and some have equipment which can adaptively handle different types of speech coding scheme A and B .
  • An order of priority is set in advance for the speech coding schemes A and B which this latter equipment can use.
  • Database 51 is also provided, and in this database is recorded which of speech coding schemes A or B mobile stations 11-13 can handle.
  • Switches 41 and 42 include, in switch control part 70, a means which refers to this database 51 when a connection is to be established, and a means which transfers information from this database 51 to control stations 31-34.
  • Switches 41 and 42 can also be constituted so as to include, in switch control part 70, a means which, when a connection is to be established, finds out which of speech coding schemes A or B the two of mobile stations 11-13 to be connected can handle. This is done via the channels used for the connection control, and by means of information from these mobile stations 11-13.
  • FIG.3 is a detailed block diagram of control stations 31-34 according to an embodiment of this invention.
  • Channel selection and control part 81 mentioned above comprises a plurality of main CPUs.
  • Global memory 82 is designed to be shared by the plurality of CPUs, and selection conditions table 80 is stored within global memory 82.
  • Bus-interface 84 arbitrates the signal interrupts on I/O bus 88. Each of these devices is connected to common bus 85.
  • I/O 86 and I/O 87 are connected to I/O bus 88, with I/O 87 serving to transmit control signals to an opposing switch, and I/O 86 serving to transmit control signals to an opposing base station.
  • the configuration of the signals sent and received on the fixed lines between control station 31-34 and switches 41-42, and on the fixed lines between control stations 31-34 and base stations 21-24, is shown in FIG.4 .
  • the signal is divided into an address part which shows where to send the signal, a signal identification part for identifying the signal, and a signal content part.
  • the address part is divided into the called party address and the calling party address.
  • the address part specifies the equipment or control units which terminate the sending and receiving of the signal.
  • the equipment and control units have to be specifiable within the mobile communication system which sends and receives the signals.
  • the address part consists of the identification number of a switch, which is the highest level station, plus the identification number of a radio zone, which is the lowest level control unit.
  • the called party address comprises a radio zone signal, it is received by the control station which controls the radio zone in question, and the necessary control is performed.
  • Speech coding scheme A has a performance advantage over speech coding scheme B , and although the intention is to standardize on speech coding scheme A in the future, the present mixed use situation is a transitional period towards this. It is therefore desirable to set up channels for use by speech coding scheme A when mobile stations 11 or 13, which are capable of using speech coding scheme A , are located in radio zones 1 or 4 of base stations 21 or 24, which are capable of using coding scheme A .
  • mobile station 11 which can use either of speech coding schemes A or B
  • mobile station 12 which can only use speech coding scheme B
  • mobile station 11 has both codec a for speech coding scheme A and codec b for speech coding scheme B
  • mobile station 12 has only codec b for speech coding scheme B .
  • Mobile station 11 sends a SETUP request to switch 41 via base station 21 and control station 31 (S1).
  • Switch 41 accesses database 51 (S2).
  • S2 database 51
  • S3 mobile station 12 can use only speech coding scheme B (S3).
  • the selection condition that selection is restricted to speech coding scheme B is transferred to control station 31 along with a channel assign request (S4), whereupon control station 31 stores the transferred selection condition in its own selection conditions table 80 (S5) and, in accordance with the selection condition, selects a traffic channel of bit rate ⁇ corresponding to speech coding scheme B and notifies switch 41 of the selected channel (S6).
  • Switch 41 notifies control station 31 that it should make base station 21 and mobile station 11 start up using speech coding scheme B (S7), and at the same time sets up a traffic channel to switch 42 (S8).
  • Switch 42 which has been notified by switch 41 of the SETUP request and of the fact that it is using speech coding scheme B , pages mobile station 12 (S9) and after the response, transfers to control station 32 the channel assign request, using the selection condition that selection is restricted to speech coding scheme B (S10).
  • Control station 32 stores the selection condition in its selection conditions table 80 (S11), selects a traffic channel of bit rate ⁇ corresponding to speech coding scheme B , and notifies switch 42 of this (S12).
  • switch 42 sets up the traffic channel (S13), whereupon the call can proceed using speech coding scheme B (S14).
  • the traffic channel selection request signal (restrict to B ) sent from switch 41 to control station 31 will now be examined in greater detail with reference to the fixed line signal configuration shown in FIG.4 .
  • the called party address of this signal there is inserted a number which identifies switch 41 and the identification number of radio zone 1, while in the calling party address there is inserted only the number that identifies switch 41.
  • the signal identification part there is inserted a signal identification number which indicates a channel selection request; and in the signal content part various information is inserted, including that a restriction to B has been set in the channel selection request.
  • a SETUP request from mobile station 13 arrives at switch 42 via base station 22 and control station 32 (S21).
  • Switch 42 first of all sends an enquiry to subscriber database 51 (S22) and obtains the following selection condition: namely, although mobile station 13 is capable of using either speech coding scheme A or B , speech coding scheme A has priority (S23).
  • This selection condition is transferred as a traffic channel selection request to control station 32 from switch 42 and is stored in selection conditions table 80 of control station 32 (S24). If for any reason, e.g., the lack of a free channel in base station 22, the SETUP request is not received from mobile station 13, control station 32 tries to receive it at base station 21 of adjacent radio zone 1, as explained previously in connection with the prior art.
  • Control station 32 transfers the request for channel selection on the basis of speech coding scheme A to control station 31 of base station 21 (S25).
  • Control station 31 stores the selection condition of mobile station 13 in selection conditions table 80 (S26). Because base station 21 can handle speech coding schemes A and B , control station 31 informs control station 32 of the channel selection on the basis of speech coding scheme A as a traffic channel selection response (S27). Control station 32 understands this and sends the traffic channel selection response to switch 41 via switch 42 (S28). Switch 41 instructs control station 31 to establish a radio channel between base station 21 and mobile station 13 (S29). A speech channel based on speech coding scheme A is then set up between mobile station 13, base station 21, control station 31 and switch 41 (S30). If there had been a free channel in base station 22, then although mobile station 13 is capable of using either speech coding scheme A or B , base station 22 can only handle speech coding scheme B , and therefore mobile station 13 would have ended up communicating using speech coding scheme B .
  • control station 32 transfers the selection condition specified by switch 42 (namely, that speech coding scheme A has priority) to control station 31 which controls radio zone 1, this transfer being made via switches 42 and 41. This transfer is made in order to select a traffic channel in peripheral radio zone 1.
  • switch 42 namely, that speech coding scheme A has priority
  • This transfer is made in order to select a traffic channel in peripheral radio zone 1.
  • a traffic channel satisfying the selection condition specified by switch 42 can be selected even when the selection is made in another radio zone. This enables the invention to perform the peripheral zone selection function explained previously.
  • mobile station 11 which is capable of using either speech coding scheme A or B
  • mobile station 13 which is also capable of using either speech coding scheme A or B
  • mobile station 13 has codec a for speech coding scheme A and codec b for speech coding scheme B .
  • Mobile station 11 sends a SETUP request to switch 41 via control station 31 (S31), and switch 41 accesses database 51 (S32), thereby learning that both mobile stations 11 and 13 are capable of using speech coding scheme A or B (S33).
  • switch 41 transfers to control station 31, as a channel assign request, the selection condition that speech coding scheme A should be preferentially selected, and that if this is impossible speech coding scheme B should be selected (S34).
  • Control station 31 stores the transferred selection condition in its selection conditions table 80 (S35) and in accordance with the selection condition selects, for example, a traffic channel of bit rate ⁇ corresponding to speech coding scheme A and informs switch 41 of this (S36).
  • Switch 41 notifies control station 31 that base station 21 and mobile station 11 should be started up using speech coding scheme A (S37), and at the same time sets up a traffic channel to switch 42 (S38).
  • switch 42 After the channel setup, switch 42, which has been notified by switch 41 of the SETUP request and of the fact that speech coding scheme A or B can be used, pages mobile station 13 (S39), and after the response notifies control station 32 of a channel assign request with the selection condition that speech coding scheme A should be preferentially selected, and that if this is not possible, speech coding scheme B should be selected (S40).
  • Control station 32 stores the selection condition in its selection conditions table 80 (S41), and attempts to select a traffic channel using this condition. However, because it only handles base station 22 which can only support speech coding scheme B , it selects a traffic channel of bit rate ⁇ corresponding to speech coding scheme B and notifies switch 42 of this (S42).
  • Switch 42 sets up a speech channel in similar manner to the originating side (S43). Once channel setup based on speech coding scheme B has been completed, switch 42 tells switch 41 to request a traffic channel re-setup for speech coding scheme B (S44). When switch 41 has received this request, it asks control station 31 to re-setup the traffic channel using the selection condition that channel setup is to be restricted to speech coding scheme B (S45). After control station 31 has received the re-setup request, it re-stores the selection condition that channel setup be restricted to speech coding scheme B in its selection conditions table 80 (S46).
  • Control station 31 selects a channel under this restriction, selecting a traffic channel of bit rate ⁇ corresponding to speech coding scheme B , and notifies switch 41 of this as a channel re-setup response (S47). By thus re-setting the traffic channel between switch 41 and mobile station 11, a connection is established on the basis of speech coding scheme B (S48).
  • FIG.8 shows the situation where, after a connection has been established on the basis of speech coding scheme B , mobile station 13 moves to a radio zone in which communication using speech coding scheme A is possible.
  • control station 32 which controls radio zone 2 in which mobile station 13 was originally located, transfers to control station 34, which controls radio zone 4, the following traffic channel selection condition which was stored in its selection conditions table 80 (S52).
  • speech coding scheme A should be preferentially selected for mobile station 13, and if this is not possible speech coding scheme B should be selected.
  • Control station 34 stores this selection condition in its selection conditions table 80 (S53).
  • control station 32 selects speech coding scheme A and asks switch 42 to change the traffic channel while the call is in progress (S54).
  • a traffic channel is then set up between mobile station 13 and switch 42 on the basis of speech coding scheme A (S55).
  • Switch 42 requests switch 41 to re-setup the traffic channel to mobile station 11 on the basis of speech coding scheme A (S56).
  • control station 31 After control station 31 has received the channel re-setup request from switch 41, it updates the selection condition stored in its selection conditions table 80 (namely, that selection is restricted to speech coding scheme B ) to the selection condition that speech coding scheme A has priority (S57), whereupon it selects bit rate a corresponding to speech coding scheme A (S58).
  • a connection can therefore be established on the basis of speech coding scheme A by setting a traffic channel (S59).
  • Mobile station 13 can therefore use speech coding scheme A , which should be preferentially selected, when it moves to radio zone 4 which supports this speech coding scheme A .
  • control station 34 which controls radio zone 4 which is the destination of the move, receives from control station 32, which controls radio zone 2 in which mobile station 13 is originally located, the selection condition that speech coding scheme A is to be preferentially selected (S61). Control station 34 then selects speech coding scheme A , or failing this, selects speech coding scheme B . In the case illustrated in Fig.9 , it has been possible to set up a speech channel on the basis of speech coding scheme A in accordance with the channel handover procedure (S62). Because speech coding scheme C used by the other communication network is different from both speech coding scheme A and B , which can be handled by the communication network to which mobile station 13 belongs, there is a conversion to 64 kbps (S63). Consequently, because it is not necessary to match the same speech coding scheme, a mobile station in the first communication network can always make a call using high-priority speech coding scheme A which a radio zone provides.
  • FIG.10 and FIG.11 are conceptual diagrams of conversion circuits.
  • speech coding scheme A gives 11.2 kbps signals
  • speech coding scheme B gives 5.6 kbps signals
  • Conversion circuits which convert these to the 64 kbps signals of speech coding scheme C are provided in the upper node.
  • the 11.2 kbps signal of speech coding scheme A is first of all converted to an analogue signal in the conversion circuit and then converted again to a 64 kbps digital signal.
  • the 5.6 kbps signal of speech coding scheme B is first of all converted to an analogue signal in the conversion circuit and then converted again to a 64 kbps digital signal.
  • the aforementioned mobile station 11 can communicate using the high-priority speech coding scheme provided by the radio zone, without being aware of the capability or location of the called party of the aforementioned other communication network.
  • the present invention therefore teaches a method for selecting a traffic channel with a bit rate corresponding to the speech coding scheme, and this method has not been taught in any previous proposal regarding the matching of speech coding schemes.
  • this invention it is always possible to communicate on the basis of an optimum speech coding scheme which is matched to the speech coding schemes provided by the radio zones, and to the speech coding capability of the mobile stations. This is achieved by adding a new function whereby the speech coding capabilities of a mobile station that has made a SETUP request and of the mobile station to which the call is being made (these capabilities having been notified by a switch) are stored in a control station, which has a traffic channel selection function and grasps which speech coding scheme is currently being used in the radio zone which it controls.
  • the effects of this invention include the ability to communicate using a high-priority speech coding scheme when handover occurs, which happens when channel selection takes place in another radio zone spanning control stations, or when a mobile station has moved to a radio zone in which a high-priority speech coding scheme can be used.

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  1. Mobiles Kommunikationssystem, das aufweist:
    eine Vielzahl von Mobilstationen (11-13), eine Mehrzahl von Basisstationen (21-24), die betreibbar sind, mit den Mobilstationen durch Radiokanäle verbunden zu werden; eine Mehrzahl von jeweiligen Steuerstationen (31-34), die betreibbar sind, die Verbindungsbedingungen der Mehrzahl von Basisstationen einzustellen und zu überwachen; einen oder mehrere Schalter (41, 42), die betreibbar sind, um die Übertragungswege zwischen ersten und zweiten Mobilstationen, die mit jeweils ersten und zweiten Basisstationen verbunden sind, zu schalten und zu verbinden; und
    wobei von der Vielzahl von Mobilstationen zumindest eine (12) eine Ausrüstung (b) aufweist, die einen einzelnen Typ eines Sprachkodierungsschemas handhaben kann, und zumindest eine (11-13) eine Ausrüstung (a, b) aufweist, die adaptiv zwei oder mehr verschiedene Typen von Sprachkodierungsschema handhaben kann; und
    wobei von der Mehrzahl von Basisstationen, zumindest eine (22, 23) eine Ausrüstung (B) aufweist, die fähig ist einen einzelnen Typ von Sprachkodierungsschema zu handhaben, und zumindest eine (21,24) eine Ausrüstung (A, B) aufweist, die fähig ist, adaptiv zwei oder mehr verschiedene Typen von Sprachkodierungsschema zu handhaben; wobei das mobile Kommunikationssystem dadurch gekennzeichnet ist, dass jede Steuerstation (31-34) aufweist: ein Mittel (80), das konfiguriert ist zeitweise, während des Intervalls von einer Verbindung bis zu einer Auflösung, Bedingungen in einer Tabelle zu speichern, die sich auf die Sprachkodierungsschemen der ersten und zweiten verbundenen Mobilstationen beziehen;
    ein Sprachkodierungsschemaauswahlmittel (81), das konfiguriert ist, den Typ von Sprachkodierungsschema auf der Grundlage des in dieser Tabelle gespeicherten Inhalts auszuwählen; ein Weiterleitungsmittel (86,87), das konfiguriert ist, wenn eine der ersten und zweiten Mobilstationen mit einer weiteren Basisstation verbunden worden ist, die Bedingungen, die sich auf die Sprachkodierungsschemen beziehen, die in der Tabelle gespeichert sind, zu einer weiteren Steuerstation, die zu der weiteren Basisstation gehören, weiterzuleiten; und
    ein Empfangsmittel (86,87), das konfiguriert ist, wenn eine der ersten und zweiten Mobilstationen sich von einer vorherigen Basisstation zu einer Basisstation, die der Steuerstation entspricht, bewegt hat, Bedingungen zu empfangen, die sich auf Sprachkodierungsschemen der ersten und zweiten verbundenen Mobilstationen von einer vorherigen Steuerstation beziehen, und die Bedingungen in der Tabelle zu speichern; wobei das Sprachkodierungsschemaauswahlmittel (81) ferner konfiguriert ist ein Sprachkodierungsschema für die Mobilstation, die von der vorherigen Basisstation bewegt wurde, auszuwählen, so dass Kommunikation zwischen den ersten oder den zweiten Mobilstationen fortgesetzt wird in Übereinstimmung mit den Bedingungen, die sich auf das Sprachkodierungsschema der Mobilstation, die von der vorherigen Basisstation bewegt wurde, beziehen.
  2. Mobiles Kommunikationssystem nach Anspruch 1, wobei eine Prioritätsreihenfolge im Voraus für die Sprachkodierungsschemen festgelegt ist, die von der vorgenannten Ausrüstung genutzt werden kann, die fähig ist, adaptiv zwei oder mehr verschiedene Typen von Sprachkodierungsschema zu handhaben.
  3. Mobiles Kommunikationssystem nach Anspruch 2, wobei das genutzte Sprachkodierungsschema in Übereinstimmung mit der vorgenannten Prioritätsreihenfolge geändert wird, wenn eine vorgenannte Mobilstation, die mit der Ausrüstung ausgestattet ist, die fähig ist, adaptiv zwei oder mehr verschiedene Typen von Sprachkodierungsschema zu handhaben sich während eines Anrufs von dem Funkgebiet einer Basisstation, die mit der Ausrüstung ausgestattet ist, die fähig ist, einen einzelnen Typ von Sprachkodierungsschema zu handhaben, zu dem Funkgebiet einer Basisstation, die mit der Ausrüstung ausgestattet ist, die fähig ist, adaptiv zwei oder mehr verschiedene Typen von Sprachkodierungsschema zu handhaben, bewegt hat.
  4. Mobiles Kommunikationssystem nach Anspruch 2, wobei das benutzte Sprachkodierungsschema in Übereinstimmung mit der vorgenannten Prioritätsreihenfolge festgelegt wird, wenn eine vorgenannte Mobilstation, die mit der Ausrüstung ausgestattet ist, die fähig ist, adaptiv zwei oder mehr verschiedene Typen von Sprachkodierungsschema zu handhaben, auf einen Steuerkanal einer Basisstation zugreift, die mit der Ausrüstung ausgestattet ist, die fähig ist, einen einzelnen Typ von Sprachkodierungsschema zu handhaben, und die mittels eines Verkehrskanals einer Basisstation, die mit der Ausrüstung, die fähig ist, adaptiv zwei oder mehr verschiedene Typen von Sprachkodierungsschema zu handhaben, ausgestattet ist, kommuniziert.
  5. Mobiles Kommunikationssystem nach irgendeinem der Ansprüche 1 bis 4, wobei es eine Datenbank (51) gibt, in der gespeichert wird, welche aus der Vielzahl von Mobilstationen welche Sprachkodierungsschemen handhaben können; und der vorgenannte Schalter ein Mittel aufweist, das angeordnet ist, sich auf diese Datenbank zu beziehen, wenn eine Verbindung hergestellt werden soll, und ein Mittel, das angeordnet ist, Information, die in dieser Datenbank gespeichert ist, zu den vorgenannten Steuerstationen weiterzuleiten; und die vorgenannten Steuerstationen ein Mittel aufweisen, das angeordnet ist, die weitergeleitete Information in der vorgenannten Tabelle zu speichern.
  6. Mobiles Kommunikationssystem nach irgendeinem der Ansprüche 1 bis 4, wobei der vorgenannte Schalter ein Mittel aufweist, das angeordnet ist, wenn eine Verbindung hergestellt werden soll, herauszufinden, welche Sprachkodierungssysteme die zwei zu verbindenden Mobilstationen handhaben können, wobei dies mittels der Kanäle, die für die Verbindungskontrolle benutzt werden, und mittels der Information dieser Mobilstationen geschieht.
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